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Podcasting:
An Amazing Media Adventure
By Ryan Gray
The Communication Department
of Valley Christian High School is delving into the newest and
hottest trend of easily accessible media via the Internet – Podcasting.
Haven’t heard of it? Well, Podcasting is one of the newer and
rapidly growing ways of communicating video, audio, or both to
the ordinary person by the ordinary person. More recently developed,
the word “podcasting” is a term coined in 2004 and expresses the
web feed of audio or video files placed on the Internet to which
anyone can subscribe to or directly download the content. The
word “podcasting” is a portmanteau, as it combines two words:
“iPod” and “broadcasting.” Other names for this form of media
have been coined, such as: “video blogging,” “video casting,”
“vlogging,” “vodcasting,” and “vidcasting.”
Just to show how quickly and recently podcasting has grown, Google’s
search “hits list” was checked for the word “podcasts” on September
28, 2004. It was searched for only twenty-four times. Six days
later it had jumped to five hundred twenty six, and three days
after, two thousand seven hundred fifty. One year to date it had
reached over one hundred million searches and continues to progress.
As the search popularity of podcasting continues to grow, so does
the availability of podcasting shows. Podcasting has become more
and more intriguing and diverse, especially midway into the 2005
and now into the beginning of 2006.
Valley Christian is now jumping-on-the-band-wagon so to say as
it is planning to launch its very own podcasts starting at the
end of January or early February. The film classes of Valley Christian
are offering the opportunity for all students to participate in
this amazing media adventure. In order to create your own podcasts
you need to turn in a “podcast idea sheet,” which is available
in the film room, and have it Valley Christian approved. Film
teacher Mr. Nate Marshall reported, “Valley Christian Podcast
(VCPC) is the newest technology expansion in the Communications
Department. We hope to provide a weekly show that contains content
ranging from current events to short films, tech-news and movie
reviews.” So overall these podcasts will contain a variety of
different programs ranging from music and live concerts to new
technology and video games. That’s the wonderful thing about podcasting;
there is no real limit to what can be broadcasted. Podcasting
allows for the imagination and innovation of a person to reach
others in a unique way.
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Headlines
National Signing Day
Brings VC Athletes to the Table
On Wednesday, February 1, four stars of Valley Christian’s four-time
CCS championship football team committed as a group to San Jose
State University. After weeks of deliberation, Danté
Perez, Mark Piethe, Dominique
Hunsucker, and Bryan North made the
decision to join the 2006 Spartan football team. All received
scholarship offers from several different schools; each evaluated
his options and concluded that SJSU had the most to offer in all
areas. The boys have become a part of the changing Spartan football
program and are excited to see what this experience holds for
them as they pursue their football careers.
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Homicide at Skyway
Campus
When Anatomy and Physiology students entered their classroom on
January 30, they were shocked to see a “dead” man on the floor.
The man was laying lifeless, surrounded by bottles, blood spatters,
and a knife. According to Mr. Doug Canepa, the
murder had taken place earlier that morning, and there were five
suspects, one of which was not able to be located.
After getting the basic information from Mr. Canepa, the students
got to work. Each had designated responsibilities to attend to.
The first job was to document the crime scene. Using skills learned
over the course of the unit, students collected valuable information,
took photographs, and collected evidence. “Collecting the evidence
was fun. It’s not really like the CSI shows on television, the
process is a lot slower, and we had to wear ugly hair nets and
gloves,” said senior Maricela Galaviz.
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Father-Daughter Dance
Coming
Have you ever wished that you could go to the Academy Awards or
Grammy’s? Well now is your chance. Mr. Nardi’s 2005-2006 Leadership
class is diligently working to prepare one of the greatest Father
Daughter Dinner Dances. This high-end event will be held in Valley’s
very own large gym from 6:30 until 10 pm on March 11. The theme:
A Night On the Red Carpet will include an elegant arrival setup,
a full dinner arrangement, entire dance floor, and an awards ceremony.
The cost will be $40 per couple before the event, and $50 at the
door. Although this evening is a Valley Christian High School
event, the junior high is also being invited. Likewise, you, too,
are given the opportunity to invite some girls outside of school,
such as church friends. It is going to be a lot of fun, so do
not hesitate from bringing anyone you would like.
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Rugby Makes a Name
for Themselves
The Valley Christian rugby club has competed in its
first two matches of the 2006 season. This under nineteen’s league
has the Warriors facing opponents well beyond the typical high
school athlete.
College Park was the first team to challenge the Warriors. As
opposed to the regular halves of thirty-five minutes each, this
was both teams’ first scrimmage at fifty minutes total. College
Park due to it under nineteen rule is made up of mainly the hated
Bellarmine Bells, respectfully hated of course. Down the skyway
hill, the teams met on February 4 at Rolling Rock Park, a neighborhood
park in community surrounding Valley Christian. The early afternoon
(kick off) started the thirty-man battle to jump on the first
‘try.’ Remember that ‘tries’ can be compared to a touchdown in
American football yet are worth five points. They are scored by
not just reaching the goal but by touching the ball down into
the try zone. Due to the location, the two point conversion kicks
could not be taken because there were no field goal uprights;
these would follow all tries.
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